【明報專訊】Match the following Hong Kong athletes to their respective profiles.
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1?Wu Siu-hong (胡兆康)?
2?Stephanie Au Hoi-shun (歐鎧淳)?
3?Ng On-yee (吳安儀)?
4?Angus Ng Ka-long (伍家朗)?
?A?She is a swimmer and was Hong Kong's flag bearer at the 2016 Olympic Games. She planned to retire in the wake of the 2016 Olympics but subsequently postponed her retirement to after the 2018 Asian Games.
?B?He is a 32-year-old bowling player. Six months before the Asian Games began in 2014, he had been diagnosed with cancer. He luckily recovered. In 2015, he won a gold medal at the 51st Bowling World Cup in Las Vegas.
?C?He is a badminton player famous for beating Lin Dan (林丹) in 2015. Last November the 22-year-old made history when he became the first local player to win the men's singles title at the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open.
?D?Like her father, she is a snooker player. She is the second woman to have taken part in the World Snooker Championship, which is usually exclusive to men. In 2015, she won the Ladies World Snooker Championship.
■ Glossary
in the wake of (prep phr) 緊接着……之後
postpone (v) 推遲
diagnose (v) 診斷
exclusive (adj) 獨享的
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